Call Center volunteers offer advice, support during difficult time A Rhode Island resident tested for coronavirus hadn’t yet received results of the test, but felt she needed to go to work. Another spotted an operating dog groomer while taking a walk and wanted to know if they should be open. Still another was told to […]

Join the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing for the latest installment of the College’s Distinguished Lecture series. Dr. Nancy Redeker, director of the Yale University School of Nursing Center for Biobehavioral Health Research, will deliver the address: “Advancing Nursing Science Through Precision Health.” The lecture, scheduled for March 10 at 5 p.m., will […]

Students learn from clinicians in various disciplines while providing free service to patients at Providence clinic By Allie Shinskey Nurse practitioner students at the University of Rhode Island get hands-on training while providing services to patients at the Rhode Island Free Clinic in Providence, helping provide professional care to low-income and uninsured adults in Rhode […]

Groundbreaking study could change recommendations on newborn feeding A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor has won the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses’ premier award for an article based on her groundbreaking study in which she challenges expected patterns of infant weight loss after birth.   The national association awarded […]

Barbara Patterson will lead publication dedicated to promoting nursing research and education By Allie Shinskey University of Rhode Island College of Nursing alumnus Barbara Patterson has expanded her role in nursing research and education, having recently been named editor of the NLN Journal, Nursing Education Perspectives. Patterson, a graduate of the College’s Ph.D. in Nursing […]

Health professionals and students from the University of Rhode Island are gearing up to hit the road in an outreach campaign aimed to reach rural Rhode Islanders with education and training about opioid overdose and substance use disorder.

Kristin Corey Magan began with the College in spring 2020 The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing welcomed Assistant Professor Kristin Corey Magan to the college in the spring of 2020. Learn about one of the College’s newest professors. Education: Ph.D. in nursing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; M.S. with a concentration in adult gerontology […]

“Any person from any background, with the right resources and the right support, can achieve a dream.” While she acknowledges such a sentiment may sound corny to some, it is anything but a cliché to the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing’s newest assistant professor, Dr. Dahianna Lopez. From a very early age, Lopez […]